Hand brake



I G. F. ENDICOTT HAND BRAKE Sept. 26, 1933.

Patented Sept. `26,l 1933 v HAND BRAKE y i George F. Endicott, St. Paul, Minn., assignor .to

W. H. Miner, Inc., ofV Delaware Chicago, Ill., a corporation .y

Application March 31, 1930.l Serial No. 450,268

' 6 Claims. (ol. 18s-81.1)

relates to improvements in hand for lpreventing retrograde rotation vof the wind# ing drum, wherein the dog is manually disengaged from the winding `mechanism to release the brakes and is held in suchv disengaged position by latch means, it frequently occurs that the operator neglects to disengage the latching means before again applying the brakes, with the result that the dog will not operate and the brakes will not be held against retrograde movement and further will not be locked in tightened condition. It is the main object of my invention to overcome the defects pointed out by providing means operated through the mechanism fortightening the brakes for automatically disengaging the latch means so as to render the dogoperative to hold the winding means against retrograde rotation.

A further object ofthe invention is to provide a hand brake mechanism for railway cars including a chain winding stai actuated by a rotary hand wheel together with means for preventing ing dog and cooperating ratchet means onV the stair, and a latch member forholding the dog in inoperative position, wherein means is provided actuated through rotation of the hand wheel in a chain winding direction, for automatically disengaging the latch from the dog to free the latter and again render the Asame operative. l

A more specific object of the 4invention is to provide'a hand brake mechanism VofV the vhand ,Wheel actuated typeincluding power multiply- Aing gear means, a rotary chain ,winding element actuated by the gear means, means for preventing retrograde rotation of the Winding element including a pivoted locking dog adapted to be manually disengaged tov-permit free running of the .stai to eiet quick release of Ithe brakes, and ,lockingmeans Afor holding said dog disengaged, whereinthe hand wheel is provided with'means operative for tripping the latch when the-hand WheelsrotatedV in a chain Winding direction to thereby release the dog to again render the same operative to holdthe `staff against movement in In the drawing,.form1nga part of this speci- .through the end wall of a railway car illustrating retrograde movement'of the stai including a lockan opening 21 `of cation, Figure 1 is a horizontal,v sectional Viewv PA'rlzNfuV OFFICE l, 1

my improved yhand brake mechanism as mounted Y y vron said end wall andshowing `the same in plan,

certain parts ofthe ymechanism .being illustrated in dotted lines..` Figure 2 is a vertical, sectional view through the endwall of the ,car and the operating handle end of the locking dog illustrating the improved hand brakemechanism inside elevation, certain partsof the mechanism being broken away. Figiire` isa sectional'lview correspondingsubstantially tothe line 3 3 of Figure 1, illustrating certain details of the latching and tripping mechanism. g

Insaid drawing, 10 designatesthe end wall of a railway car to which my improved hand brake mechanism is. secured. The operating Vpartsof the driving mechanism ofy my' improved, hand brake are preferably mounted within aV housing,

vthe same being designated generally by the char- 'adapted to receive theV securing rivets by which vthe housing is xed to the vwall 10 of thecar. vThe top of the housing is open, a coveryplatel being employed-"to close the same.,V lThe cover plate is held in position by a transversesecuring bolt 18extending through the side Walls of the housing andY depending lugs 19f-19 on said cover plate.

comprises broadly ra chain windingstaff A; cooperating bevel gears B and C, an operating shaft D, a hand wheelE, pivoted trip members F--F, aspringactuated locking dog' G and a latch member'H.

'Ihe chain winding stai A is of the usual type 1 v heu/'ing a chain winding portion at the bottomfend i thereof, not shown. At the upper. end, thes'tal'i` A is'" provided with, a reduced portion 20 of substantially square cross section, which tswithin square cross sectionin the `gear member- B. j y .,.fg f y The gear member B, which is mounted on the upper end ofthe'staff A, has a hub Vportion 22 which is'journaled ina bearing member 23 provided on the bottom wall 15 of the housing 11. At the top,.theV gear member Bfis provided with a K annular series. `ofjratchet teeth .24, which V4co- My improved harald brake mechanism proper790 Y Aio " 'which cooperates with the ratchet teeth 24 of .27 Adepending from theY cover plate 16. As clearly illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the gear C meshes `with the gear B and is of smaller diameter than the latter, thereby providing .multiplication of power in the brake tightening operation.

The locking dog G is mounted on a vertical pivot member 28 suitably fixed tothe housing.Y

The dog G has a relatively short inner arm 29 and a longer outer arm 30 which is oiset,` as shown, f

and provides an operating handle member for the doggfThearm 29 offthe dog is provided with a locking tooth 31.l at the extremity thereofl vthe gear member B to prevent backward movement of the stair A, that is, vtoprevent retrograde rotation thereof; The dog. is normally urged into engagement with the ratchet 'teethr by springY means, of well known type, as' shown.

'In Figure r1,'the dog is shown in disengagedpo- Asition so as to permit free running ofthe brake staff in Yrelease Vof the brakes. *The dog G' is .manually brought to Vthis position through op- Aerationof the handle 30. In order to maintain the dog in disengaged position, the latch H is provided. 'As clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2, the latch `H is pivotally supported on Ya bracket 232 angularly extending from theplate, forming the rear wall 13 of the housing. The bracket4 32 `isprovided with a depending bifurcated portion 3 3 between the members'of which the latchH is :pivotally supported by a transverse pivot pin 34 'extending through said members andthe latch H. The latch H is provided lwith a depending fportionadapted to engagein back of the 01T- set portion ofthe arm 30 of the dog G, the portion 35 being notched, as indicated at 36, thereby member.

providing a stopshoulder 37 adapted to engage ,the top surface of the arm 39 of the dog to limit the downward'swinging movementof the latch The latch member' is also vprovided. with a laterally projecting upstanding elongated arm 38, which exends towardf'the hand wheel E. 'The length' ofthe arm sa igfsuch` that it extends into the path of. movement of the trip v.As shownytheY trip members IiP-F are two in number. It wil1,however,-be appreciated 'that Amy invention is not limited thereto and that any number of trip membe rs`F'orasingle trip member may be employed, without departing'from the invention. i i

' .Eah trip member isupreferablyosupported ffromj'a spoke of the hand wheel E. As shown,

two opposed' spokes of the hand WheelE'areprovided withsupportingmembers 39--39 for the VAtripmembers F, the 'supportingmembers being preferably cast integral withthespoke members Land each being providedwith a bifurcated projecting portion between the members of which at the, opposite side of said pivot. Referring to i the trip member F, shown Yat the lefthand Side of said Figure 1 and shown in elevation4 in Figure 2, thelug 42 is ofsuch a length that it engages the supporting member 39 inwardly of the bifurcated portion thereof so as, to hold the finger 41 in substantially horizontal position when the hand wheel is in the position illustrated inthe drawing. As will be evident;when'f the hand Wheel-D is rotated'in a righthanddire'ction, that is in chain winding direction, the finger 41 of the trip member Freferred to will engage the arm 38 of the locking memberl AI-I, thereby lifting the same and disengaging the depending portion thereof from'the dog G, the trip member F'being rat this time held against kpivotal movement by engagement ofthe lug 42 with the member 39. This rposition of the parts is clearly illustrated in Figure 3.

As win be' evident, when the hand wheel E kis Y `their pivotal supports in an upward direction,

when passing the arm of thelocking member H.

'E As Will be evident, when Athe locking or latch `member H is disengaged from the dog G,jthe' dog `is free to` return to its operative position, the spring whichcooperatesv with' the dog'urging the toothBl toward the ratchet member'of the gearB. 'in the operation of my improvedhandbrake mechanism, in tightening the brakes, the hand wheelA is rotated'in a"clorcfkwise direction, as viewed in Figure 1, thereby effecting rotation of the'winding staff A through the medium of the lgears C and B, also in a clockwise direction. Duringthis operation, the locking dog G will be in yielding engagement with the ratchet member of the gear B, V:thereby preventing backward rotation of the brakestaff A. During the chain winding operation, nwhile the dogV Gis in operative engagement withy the Aratchet member, the latch H will -be supported on top of the arm 30 lor" the. dog and be' inoperative. Assuming, that thegbrakes have been fullyftightened' andit'is desiredto effect release thereof, the operator swings the handle portionof Vthe lever arm 30 `of the dog outwardly'away fromthe dotted line 'position shown in Figure 1 to theiull lin-suposi- Ation in said gu're.` When the handle or arm '30 is brought to the full line position shown in Fig- Vure `l', the latchvI-I 'will'engagein back o ff'the 'offset portion of said arm, as clearly illustrated in Figure 2, thereby locking the dog indisen- `gaged or inoperative' position.'V When it vis again desired to 'apply thebrakes, it is merely neces- "sary to rotate the hand wheel-E in a chain windliso ing or clockwise direction, as viewed in Figure 1.

Rotation of the handA wheelin this directior'iv will 'bring the projectingfingers 410i the trip members F into operative engagement with Athe :arm

"38 of the latch I-I, thereby raising the latch vand vdisengaging the vsaine from the dog G permitting theY dog to returntooperative 'position in 1 engaging' relation with th'ev ratchet Afof the gear B. 'As will be clear, a partial rotationonly of the handwheel E is requiredto 'effectdisengagemerit of the latch I-I in "that either` of the two trip members' F--FV are operative toactuate theV latch. The numberofjtripmembers employed may be obviously increasedthereby' decreasing 'the amount of movementof thefhand wheel necessary to trip the latch member. 7

From thepreceding description taken in confnection with the drawing, itY will be'evideiit that` -I `have' providedanexceedingly 'simple vand efficient automatic means for rendering the entire.

brake mechanism operative when the hand wheel is rotated in a direction to tighten the brakes, the operators attention not being required for the manipulation of any other parts in order to render the locking dog operative to prevent rotation of the chain Winding means in an unwinding direction.

I have herein shown and described what I now consider the preferred manner of carrying out my invention, but the same is merely illustrative and I contemplate all changes and modications that come Within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

I claim:

1. In a hand brake mechanism, the combination With a rotary chain Winding element; of a hand Wheel for rotating said element; a movable locking dog for preventing retrograde rotation of said element; movable latching means engageable With the dog for locking the latter in inoperative position; and means-rotatable with the hand Wheel in a chain Winding direction and engageable With said latching means for automatically disengaging said latching means to render said dog operative.

2. In a hand brake mechanism, the combination With a rotary chain Winding element; of a manually actuated rotary member for operating said element; a locking dog co-operating with said element for holding the same against rotation in an unwidning direction, said dog being manually disengageable from said element to permit free running of the Winding element; a latch member for locking said dog in disengaged position to maintain the same inoperative; and trip means on the hand wheel adapted to automatically trip said latch When the hand wheel is rotated in a Winding direction to unlock said dog and to again render the same operative.

3. In a hand brake mechanism, the combination with a rotary chain winding staff; of a hand Wheel for rotating said staff; ratchet means on the stall; a pivoted locking dog cooperating with said ratchet means for holdingv the staff against rotation in an unwinding direction, said dog having an arm by which the same is manipulated to effect disengagement thereof from the ratchet means; a pivoted latch member for automatically locking said dog in disengaged position; and a plurality of tripping lugs on said hand Wheel for automatically tripping said latch when the hand wheel is rotated in a direction to Wind the chain, to thereby unlock saiddog and render the same operative to hold the chain winding `element against rotation in a chain un- Winding direction.

4. In a hand brake mechanism, the combination with a rotary chain Windingstai; of a hand Wheel for rotatingsaid staff; ratchet means on the staff; a pivoted locking dog cooperating With said ratchet means for holding the staff 'against rotation in an unwinding direction, said dog having an arm by which the same is manipulated'to effect disengagement thereof from the ratchet means; a pivoted latch member for automatically locking said dog in disengaged position; and trip means on said hand Wheel includinga pivoted finger adapted to engage the latch member for automatically tripping the same when the hand Wheel is rotated in a direction to Wind the chain, to thereby unlock said dog and render the same operative.

5. In a hand brake mechanism, the combination with a rotary chain Winding staff; of a hand Wheel for rotating said stai; ratchet means on the staff; a pivoted locking dog cooperating with said ratchet means for holding the stai against rotation in an unwinding direction, said dog having an arm by which the same is manipulated to effect disengagement thereof from the ratchet means; a pivoted latch member for automatically locking 'said dog in disengaged position; a pivoted finger adapted t0 have free swinging movement in one direction to idle over said latch when the hand Wheel is rotated in a direction to unwind the chain; and a stop shoulder preventing swinging movement of the latch in a reverse direction when said hand Wheel is rotated in a chain winding direction, thereby tripping the latch when engaging the same to unlock said dog and render the same operative.

6. In a hand brake mechanism, the combination with a rotatable chain Winding member; of a hand Wheel for rotating said member; a spring pressed dog for preventing retrograde movement of the Winding member; latch means engageable with the dog for locking the latter in inoperative 7 position to permit free rotation of said member; and means on the hand wheel rotatable therewith and operative during rotation thereof in a chain Winding direction to engage and actuate said latch means to unlock the same from said dog.

GEORGE F. ENDICOTT. 

